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14 November 2005
Ill-advised choices of personal loans and credit cards are catapulting large numbers of young women into debt, according to a survey by finance expert ClearDebt.
09 November 2005
Northern Rock is next in the line of companies offering a competitive new loan rate ahead of the Christmas spending rush, having announced a new unsecured personal loan deal today.
08 November 2005
Sainsbury's Bank has weighed into the race to create the most competitive personal loan rate by slashing its internet APR ahead of the festive period.
07 November 2005
Tesco has announced that it will be cutting interest rates on its most popular band of personal loan – providing a heartening boost to those seeking to take up such a service ahead of Christmas.
02 November 2005
John Charcol, the mortgage provider, has launched a new lifetime-tracker housing loan that can be taken out online.
31 October 2005
Banks' personal loan insurance charges have been criticised in a broadside by the British Insurance Brokers' Association (Biba).
27 October 2005
Home credit - which sees repayments on personal loans collected from a customer's place of residence - comes at a price, the Competition Commission has said.
26 October 2005
Customers looking to take out housing loans have been given a tonic today with the launch of a new information-providing mortgage website.
24 October 2005
Debts incurred by personal loans could be a reason for the worrying rise in the number of home repossessions reported in the second quarter of this year, with the picture likely to look worse when the next set of results is announced this week.
21 October 2005
Increasing numbers of first-time buyers are taking out loans to fund a foray into the housing market, new figures suggest.
20 October 2005
Celebrities appearing on adverts for personal loans may be luring customers into financial trouble, an article has claimed.
19 October 2005
Personal loan customers suffered a setback today with the news that the Bank of England's Monetary Policy Committee (MPC) did not even discuss the possibility of cutting interest rates as their meeting earlier in the month.
18 October 2005
£5,300 could be saved by avoiding credit from retailers
17 October 2005
Car buyers are losing millions of pounds each year by failing to shop around and haggle for the best deal, a new survey suggests.
13 October 2005
An online bank has announced a drastic cut in interest rates for new accounts – but only until November 8th.
12 October 2005
Personal loan customers were offered few guarantees of better interest rates today, with the Bank of England dousing expectations that next month might see another rate cut announcement.
11 October 2005
Younger homebuyers are experiencing difficulties in the personal loan and mortgage market, with the unfavourable ratio of mortgage costs to income levels dictating that people under 40 are often being priced out of the market.
10 October 2005
A leading internet and telephone bank has begun to unveil its first mortgage range, adding to its selection of personal loans already available.
06 October 2005
Bank of England keeps rates unchanged
05 October 2005
Loans customers are being misled by advertisements in regional newspapers and magazines, the Office of Fair Trading (OFT) has found.
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